Lesbian basketball star Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream [Video]

Basketball star Brittney Griner has announced that she intends to sign with Atlanta Dream as part of a career “rebrand.”

WNBA All-Star Grinner revealed in a social media post that she will sign a one-year contract with the team after more than 10 years with Phoenix Mercury.

“Free agency has been everything I wanted it to be,” she said. “I was able to find where I wanted to go. Honestly, what led me to that decision ultimately was the team, the players [and] my family.”

Griner added that she was “thrilled for this chapter” of her career, although she admitted it wasn’t easy to leave Phoenix, where she won the WNBA title in 2014.

“It was a hard decision since you’re leaving what you know, what I’ve known for my whole career,” she continued. “There’s an exciting factor of like, OK, this is a rebrand now. I …